Retaining the Compaq brand on PCs and notebooks has helped HP keep its number one position in the PC market as well as gaining the top spot in consumer notebooks, according to product marketing director Tony Ignatavicius.
Democrat MP, Ian Gilfillan, is to resubmit an amended version of proposed legislation to mandate the use of open source software to the South Australian parliament.
As long as cost-cutting dominates the IT landscape the rush by enterprises to seek out Linux and open source alternatives will continue, despite the fact it isn't any cheaper than proprietary software, according to Meta research director, Dr Kevin McIsaac.
Microsoft is not benefiting from The SCO Group’s intellectual property dispute with IBM despite the market uncertainty the legal wrangle is creating.
Less than one week after SCO allegedly stated it had no plans to take action against commercial Linux users, the company’s Australia and New Zealand managing director, Kieran O’Shaughnessy, has reignited the threat.
Guidelines proposed by the Australian Unix Users Group (AUUG) promoting a “level playing field” between open source and proprietary software within government departments are unnecessary, according to the Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts.
As governments across Australia debate the ramifications of open source software, the NSW Department of Commerce has set up an open source evaluation project involving about 40 agencies.
In what may be the largest of its type in Australia, the University of South Australia will begin using its new 802.11g-based wireless network this week, less than one month after the IEEE officially ratified the standard.
Government departments in South Australia will be required to use open source software in preference to proprietary software if a bill proposed by Democrat, Ian Gilfillan, is passed into law.
National automotive parts distributor Ingram has practically eliminated missed calls to its branch offices by rolling out a voice-over-IP (VoIP) network.
TransACT Communications, a Canberra-based IP (Internet Protocol) carrier, has set its sights on allowing its customers to dynamically control the amount of bandwidth they use in real time.
Symantec has opened a security operations centre (SOC) in suburban Sydney, increasing to six the number of such facilities globally.
Brisbane Boys' College has implemented 802.11a wireless networking across its seniors' campus becoming one of the first schools in Australia to use the nascent technology.
Cisco has opened a converged mobility centre in North Sydney that will showcase the deployment of high speed, IP-based networking and highlight the vendor's 802.11a (54Mbps) and 802.11b (11Mbps)-compliant Aironet wireless access points.
A virtual private network (VPN) across both public and managed IP networks provides a means for enterprise-level communication - and opens vast opportunities for IP VPN products and services.
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By Adam LePeilbet, Senior Director & General Manager, Data Centre Sales, Dell Technologies, ANZ
